Movies Like Surf's Up

If you liked Surf's Up (2007), a animation and comedy movie directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Happy Feet Two (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and comedy
Mumble the penguin has a problem: his son Erik, who is reluctant to dance, encounters the Mighty Sven — a penguin who can fly! Things get worse for Mumble when the world is shaken by powerful forces, causing him to…
2
Happy Feet (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and comedy
Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!
3
Hitpig! (2024)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and comedy
A porcine bounty hunter accepts his next hit: Pickles, a naive, ebullient elephant. Though he initially sets out to capture the perky pachyderm, the unlikely pair find themselves crisscrossing the globe on an adventure…
4
Surf's Up 2: WaveMania (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and family
Cody, Chicken Joe and Lani are back in their most epic adventure yet! The most radical surfing dream team, The Hang Five puts Cody and his friends to the test and teaches them the meaning of teamwork as they journey to…
5
Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and comedy
When an unbearably adorable, eternally optimistic Quokka named Daisy wants to achieve the impossible – to win the annual ‘World’s Scariest Animal’ championship, she enlists the guidance of a washed-up, former champion…
6
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and comedy
While Po and his father are visiting a secret panda village, an evil spirit threatens all of China, forcing Po to form a ragtag army to fight back.
7
Chicken Little (2005)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and family
When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion…
8
Trouble (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and family
A pampered dog named Trouble must learn to live in the real world while trying to escape from his former owner's greedy children and must learn how to survive on the big-city streets.
9
Migration (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also family and comedy
After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, the Mallard family embarks on a family road trip, from New England, to New York City, to tropical Jamaica.
10
A Bug's Life (1998)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedy
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
11
Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and comedy
When world-famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he must shift gears and is launched into the world of aerial firefighting. Dusty joins forces with veteran fire and…
12
Spies in Disguise (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedy
Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is… not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention…
13
Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and comedy
Shaun's seasonal excitement turns to dismay when a farmhouse raid to get bigger stockings for the flock inadvertently leads to Timmy going missing. Can Shaun get Timmy back before he becomes someone else’s present?
14
Barbie in A Mermaid Tale (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and family
Barbie stars as Merliah, a surfer who learns a shocking secret: she's a mermaid! She and her dolphin friend set out for an undersea adventure to rescue her mother, the queen of Oceana.
15
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and comedy
Alex, Marty, and other zoo animals find a way to escape from Madagascar when the penguins reassemble a wrecked airplane. The precariously repaired craft stays airborne just long enough to make it to the African…
16
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and comedy
Evil pirate Burger Beard is in search of the final page of a magical book that makes any evil plan he writes in it come true, but the final page happens to be the Krabby Patty secret formula. When Burger Beard…
17
Rumble (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and family
In a world where monster wrestling is a global sport and monsters are superstar athletes, teenage Winnie seeks to follow in her father’s footsteps by coaching a loveable underdog monster into a champion.
18
The Inseparables (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and comedy
The animated buddy movie follows the misadventures of Don, a runaway puppet with boundless imaginations, and DJ Doggy Dog, an abandoned plush looking for a friend, who cross paths in Central Park and team up against…
19
Planet 51 (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and family
When Earth astronaut Capt. Chuck Baker arrives on Planet 51 -- a world reminiscent of American suburbia circa 1950 -- he tries to avoid capture, recover his spaceship and make it home safely, all with the help of an…
20
Wonder Park (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and animation
A young girl named June with a big imagination makes an incredible discovery -- the amusement park of her dreams has come to life. Filled with the world's wildest rides operated by fun-loving animals, the excitement…